United Democratic Front

The United Democratic Front (UDF) was an anti-apartheid popular front in South Africa led by Reverend Allan Boesak. The UDF was founded on 23 January 1983, uniting churches, civic associations, trade unions, student organizations, and sports bodies, and the UDF was a coalition of non-racist anti-apartheid organizations. The UDF and African National Congress had a close relationship due to their shared mission, and the UDF had 700 members at its peak in 1987. In 1989, the UDF began collaborating with the COSATU trade unions, and the UDF became one of the most important anti-apartheid movements. It became defunct with the end of apartheid in 1994, with most of its members joining the ANC.